diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 77fd83a8..d242d805 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -6547,14 +6547,13 @@
         "resolve": "1.5.0"
       }
     },
-    "rollup-plugin-replace": {
-      "version": "2.0.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rollup-plugin-replace/-/rollup-plugin-replace-2.0.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-pK9mTd/FNrhtBxcTBXoh0YOwRIShV0gGhv9qvUtNcXHxIMRZMXqfiZKVBmCRGp8/2DJRy62z2JUE7/5tP6WxOQ==",
+    "rollup-plugin-re": {
+      "version": "1.0.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rollup-plugin-re/-/rollup-plugin-re-1.0.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha1-odWCWCSzSK60JwpFb7ukSrRf3U8=",
       "dev": true,
       "requires": {
-        "magic-string": "0.22.4",
-        "minimatch": "3.0.4",
+        "magic-string": "0.16.0",
         "rollup-pluginutils": "2.0.1"
       },
       "dependencies": {
@@ -6564,6 +6563,15 @@
           "integrity": "sha1-5rGlHPcpJSTnI3wxLl/mZgwc4ao=",
           "dev": true
         },
+        "magic-string": {
+          "version": "0.16.0",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/magic-string/-/magic-string-0.16.0.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha1-lw67DacZMwEoX7GqZQ85vdgetFo=",
+          "dev": true,
+          "requires": {
+            "vlq": "0.2.3"
+          }
+        },
         "rollup-pluginutils": {
           "version": "2.0.1",
           "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/rollup-pluginutils/-/rollup-pluginutils-2.0.1.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 496f42d3..ba1660de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
     "rollup-plugin-json": "^2.1.1",
     "rollup-plugin-multi-entry": "^2.0.1",
     "rollup-plugin-node-resolve": "^3.0.0",
-    "rollup-plugin-replace": "^2.0.0",
+    "rollup-plugin-re": "^1.0.6",
     "rollup-watch": "^3.2.2",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
     "sinon": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/scripts/rollup-replace.js b/scripts/rollup-replace.js
index 1b730742..13952447 100644
--- a/scripts/rollup-replace.js
+++ b/scripts/rollup-replace.js
@@ -1,18 +1,33 @@
-import replace from 'rollup-plugin-replace';
+import replace from 'rollup-plugin-re';
 
-export default function(options) {
+// three modules to find-replace in
+const modules = [
+  'VRControls',
+  'VREffect',
+  'OrbitControls'
+];
 
+export default function(options) {
   return replace(Object.assign({
-    'include': ['node_modules/three/examples/js/**'],
-    'delimiters': ['', ''],
-    'THREE.VRControls =': "var THREE = require('three');var VRControls;\nmodule.exports = VRControls =",
-    'THREE.VRControls': 'VRControls',
+    include: ['node_modules/three/examples/js/**'],
+    patterns: [
+      {transform(code, id) {
+        modules.forEach((m) => {
+          if (!(new RegExp(m)).test(id)) {
+            return;
+          }
+
+          // trun the global modifiction into an import and a local variable definition
+          code = code.replace(`THREE.${m} =`, `import * as THREE from 'three';\nvar ${m} =`);
 
-    'THREE.VREffect =': "var THREE = require('three');var VREffect;\nmodule.exports = VREffect =",
-    'THREE.VREffect': 'VREffect',
+          // change references from the global modification to the local variable
+          code = code.replace(new RegExp(`THREE.${m}`, 'g'), m);
 
-    'THREE.OrbitControls =': "var THREE = require('three');var OrbitControls;\nmodule.exports = OrbitControls =",
-    'THREE.OrbitControls': 'OrbitControls'
-  }, options || {}));
+          // export that local variable as default from this module
+          code += `\nexport default ${m};`;
+        });
+        return code;
+      }}
+    ]}, options || {}));
 }